Francis Slaven
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Fullname
Francis Ferguson Slaven
Born3 March 1931
Bulawayo, Matabeleland,
Southern Rhodesia
Bulawayo, Matabeleland,
Southern Rhodesia
DiedSeptember 2007 (aged 76)
Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
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| Full name | Francis Ferguson Slaven | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1931 Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 2007 (aged 76) Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Michael Slaven (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1955 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Francis Ferguson Slaven (3 March 1931 – September 2007) was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and conveyancer.
Slaven was born at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia in March 1931. He later studied in England at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.[1] While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Gloucestershire and Lancashire at Oxford in 1955.[2]
After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Southern Rhodesia where he became a conveyancer.[3] Slaven died at Bulawayo in September 2007.[4] His brother, Michael, also played first-class cricket.